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Brave browser starts testing agentic AI mode for automated tasks
Brave has introduced a new AI browsing feature that leverages Leo, its privacy-respecting AI assistant, to perform automated tasks for the user.
- December 11, 2025
- 06:03 PM
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ShadyPanda browser extensions amass 4.3M installs in malicious campaign
A long-running malware operation known as "ShadyPanda" has amassed over 4.3 million installations of seemingly legitimate Chrome and Edge browser extensions that evolved into malware.
- December 01, 2025
- 10:01 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses
Mozilla announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that reduces even more the number of users vulnerable to digital fingerprinting.
- November 10, 2025
- 05:25 PM
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Microsoft Edge gets scareware sensor for faster scam detection
Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster.
- October 31, 2025
- 01:15 PM
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Spoofed AI sidebars can trick Atlas, Comet users into dangerous actions
OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet browsers are vulnerable to AI sidebar spoofing attacks that mislead users into following fake AI-generated instructions.
- October 23, 2025
- 10:09 AM
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Opera wants you to pay $19.90 per month for its new AI browser
Opera Neon is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and browsing activities, but it'll cost $19.90 per month.
- October 03, 2025
- 07:54 PM
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CommetJacking attack tricks Comet browser into stealing emails
A new attack called 'CometJacking' exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity's Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar.
- October 03, 2025
- 10:01 AM
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Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark
Brave browser this September has reached 101 million monthly active users and 42 million daily active users, hitting a new record in the project's history.
- October 02, 2025
- 11:07 AM
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Perplexity’s Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online
A study looking into agentic AI browsers has found that these emerging tools are vulnerable to both new and old schemes that could make them interact with malicious pages and prompts.
- August 20, 2025
- 12:31 PM
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Leak: OpenAI's browser will use ChatGPT Agent to control the browser
OpenAI is building an agentic future with its upcoming Chromium-based browser and a new leak confirms GPT Agent integration.
- August 14, 2025
- 06:45 AM
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Google fixes actively exploited sandbox escape zero day in Chrome
Google has released a security update for Chrome to address half a dozen vulnerabilities, one of them actively exploited by attackers to escape the browser's sandbox protection.
- July 16, 2025
- 05:47 AM
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DuckDuckGo beefs up scam defense to block fake stores, crypto sites
The DuckDuckGo web browser has expanded its built-in Scam Blocker tool to protect against a broader range of online scams, including fake e-commerce, cryptocurrency exchanges, and "scareware" sites.
- June 19, 2025
- 08:00 AM
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Apple Safari exposes users to fullscreen browser-in-the-middle attacks
A weakness in Apple's Safari web browser allows threat actors to leverage the fullscreen browser-in-the-middle (BitM) technique to steal account credentials from unsuspecting users.
- May 29, 2025
- 12:06 PM
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Chrome 136 fixes 20-year browser history privacy risk
Google is fixing a long-standing privacy issue that, for years, enabled websites to determine users' browsing history through the previously visited links.
- April 13, 2025
- 10:18 AM
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Vivaldi integrates Proton VPN into the browser to fight web tracking
Vivaldi has announced the integration of Proton VPN directly into its browser without requiring add-on downloads or plugin activations, allowing users to protect their data against 'Big Tech' surveillance for free.
- March 27, 2025
- 09:39 AM
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Microsoft tests Edge Scareware Blocker to block tech support scams
Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams.
- January 28, 2025
- 09:30 AM
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Microsoft previews Game Assist in-game browser in Edge Stable
Microsoft has announced that Game Assist, its recently unveiled in-game browser, is now also available in preview for Microsoft Edge Stable users.
- January 21, 2025
- 01:25 PM
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QR codes bypass browser isolation for malicious C2 communication
Mandiant has identified a novel method to bypass contemporary browser isolation technology and achieve command-and-control C2 operations.
- December 08, 2024
- 10:27 AM
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Google says “Enhanced protection” feature in Chrome now uses AI
Google has quietly updated the description of one of the Chrome's security features "Enhanced protection" to confirm that it will be powered by AI in a future release.
- November 09, 2024
- 04:42 PM
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Fake browser updates spread updated WarmCookie malware
A new 'FakeUpdate' campaign targeting users in France leverages compromised websites to show fake browser and application updates that spread a new version of the WarmCookie malware.
- October 02, 2024
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